
Mao’s Last Dancer
Drama · Romance
Overview
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
Top Cast


Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey


Chi Cao
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy


Joan Chen
Joan Chen
Niang
Joan Chen
Niang


Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson


Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster


Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge
Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge
Camilla Vergotis
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Madeleine Eastoe
Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
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